Crime and Punishment

Australian traveller Jock Palfreeman stabbed and killed a man in Bulgaria. He says he was acting in self-defence but, against a backdrop of hostility towards him, a court found him guilty of murder. Despite the tireless efforts of his father to gain justice for him, Jock remains stuck in a Bulgarian prison. Questions linger about the trial and Bulgaria’s justice system. Two devastated families are left in the wake. Every Parent’s Nightmare is Belinda Hawkins' account of the story.